The heart of Emperor Hongji...... It hurts.

How many 30 million taels of silver are there in life?

Just for this?

This thing is made of gold, and it doesn't need so much.

Over the years, Emperor Hongzhi has only saved 30 million taels of buckles.

As for the income of the treasury, it is even worse, the tax and silver are pitiful, more than three million taels a year, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are now thinking about the internal money, and there is a green light in their eyes, there is a big picture of us countrymen who do not understand the law, Your Majesty, you have money, you pay.

Originally, guarding his own silver every day had already exhausted Emperor Hongzhi.

Who would have thought that these two guys, such a thing, would be 30 million taels.

Although Emperor Hongzhi felt that this thing might be of great use, and the exquisite structure was really ingenious, and it was rare in the world.

But......

But at this time, Fang Jifan mentioned the old city, which confused him.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, Erchen and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been shorting the land in the old city for more than a year, spending tens of millions of taels of silver to buy the land along the railway and in the old city...... Your Majesty, do you understand? ”

"I don't understand!"

Emperor Hongji was a little annoyed.

Fang Jifan was stunned for a moment,, His Majesty's IQ is very limited, such a simple truth, he actually doesn't understand.

Fang Jifan coughed and looked twisted: "Your Majesty, why did the land price in the old city plummet?" This is because the old city is far away from the Daming Palace, for many yamen, it is really a little far, more than 40 miles away, if you walk or take a sedan chair, back and forth, I am afraid it will take a whole day. Even if it is a carriage, the congestion along the way will take two or three hours to go back and forth, and halfway, who knows what will happen. But now it's different, just go to the station, get on the train at any time, and get to the new city in half an hour, which is not interesting for many princes and nobles. But...... What about countless craftsmen and ordinary people? ”

Emperor Hongzhi was annoyed, but he still listened patiently to Fang Jifan's words.

What Fang Jifan said made Emperor Hongzhi stunned.

At this time, Fang Jifan said again: "They are ordinary people, think about it, Your Majesty, the land price in this new city is too high, how can many poor Beijing officials, craftsmen, and ordinary people buy real estate." They can't afford to buy a house in the new city, but they live in the old city, and it's too far away, and they can only get a lot of money if they work in the new city, so your majesty, can you bear to let them have no house to live in? Erchen has long thought that every station will build a large number of markets, and at the same time, in the vicinity, build a large number of houses, these houses, of course, have no courtyards, three or five stories high, a house, a radius of only dozens of square meters, can be better than the low price, one acre of land, can be given to thirty or fifty households, this one house, guess how much silver? Your Majesty......"

As soon as he said this, Fang Jifan was very excited: "Your Majesty, it only costs five hundred taels of silver, such a good location, only five hundred taels of silver, this is still close to the railway, you can go to the new city in a blink of an eye, and the surrounding area is a good place in the prosperous area of the old city." ”

"Not only that, but the minister has already counted it, many craftsmen, a year, can earn thirty or fifty taels of silver, these silver savings, at least twenty taels a year, if there is a mother-in-law in the family, working in the textile workshop, and there are twenty taels of silver, a year, the balance of forty taels of silver, and many small merchants, many poor officials, to save a house, it may take ten years, but the minister decided, using the Xishan money village, to give them, low-interest loans, the purpose of which is to make everyone have a house to live in, so that They only need a down payment of fifty taels of silver, they can move in, repay the loan every month, and it is only two or three taels of silver, and after ten or twenty years, this house can be used for a lifetime. ”

Emperor Hongji: "......"

He couldn't help but say, "In this way, you can sell one acre of land for twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver in the old city." ”

"It's different." Fang Jifan was full of confidence and said with a smile: "This is not an ordinary place, this is a place along the railway, where you can enjoy prosperity and tranquility, and you can be a neat and tidy family and reunited." What's more, these three- and five-story mansions also require costs, and the ministers have to set up a market on the side, sell some shops, plan a Mongolian school, and build a theater, so that ordinary people can also enjoy the convenience and prosperity of the new city. ”

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but gasp and said, "How much silver did you receive for these lands?" ”

Fang Jifan squirmed and said, "Two or three hundred and twenty-one acres." ”

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly began to calculate in his heart, and said, "You and the prince, how much did you buy?" ”

Fang Jifan coughed: "More than 100,000 acres......

Emperor Hongji: "......"

Fang Jifan coughed: "Your Majesty, you can't just look at the profit, you have to look at the investment, if you want to renovate the old city, the investment is amazing, not to mention the railway, there are still a lot of groundbreaking...... There are still countless craftsmen to be recruited, in fact, the sons and His Royal Highness the Prince, the pressure has been very great, Xishan Jianye, hundreds of thousands of people have to feed, no work, no salary, no salary, there are countless people to go hungry, they are hungry, will they become the homeless people under the feet of the Son of Heaven, if there is a trouble, the sons and His Royal Highness the Prince, can not afford it. ”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his face was also tense, and his eyes were calm.

This is indeed a very serious matter, ordinary homeless people are not enough, if hundreds of thousands of people are hungry and still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it will really shake the world.

Fang Jifan said: "And the sons and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have already calculated that the renovation of the old city, as well as the laying of the railway tracks in the future, and the construction of the new city, will require the labor in the future, from the workshop to the road, to the mansion, and the countless woodware, lacquerware, heating supply, coal mining, logging, and mining required in the future...... It can also provide a large number of jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, Your Majesty, the problem of the Ming Dynasty refugees can be solved at one time, and these people, with salaries, must also need food, clothing, housing and transportation, and can greatly prosper business...... O hungry people who have no food or clothing. ”

The lesser of two phases.

You said that Fang Ji was a pit man who took the opportunity of the renovation of the old city to make money, but in fact, how many people who were unclothed and hungry, and who should have starved to death, profited from this?

Emperor Hongzhi looked cautious, squinted his eyes and said, "So, the land price in the old city will rise?" ”

"Yes!" Fang Jifan stared at Emperor Hongzhi: "It may rise to more than ten times!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly gasped in shock, and said: "I am in the old city, and there is still a lot of land, right, such as the Forbidden City, and ...... Many old yatangs...... Along the railway, there seem to be some emperors. ”

"Yes." Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really a saint." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to pay attention to Fang Jifan's polite words, and his heart was lively, and he couldn't help but be excited, and his face turned red.

He couldn't help but say: "So, the 30 million taels of silver for the construction of the railway can be easily recovered?"

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Not only is it easy to take back, this can not only provide jobs for countless people, but also, Xishan Jianye, with such a large sum of silver, will continue to break ground on a large number of railways, Erchen and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have thought about it, next, in Xishan, there will also be a railway, that Xishan's anthracite, as well as countless goods, can continue to arrive in the new city, supply the needs of the new city, and even reach the wharf of the old city, through the canal, to transport all parts of the world." In the future, there will be more and more railways, in this world, there is nothing that can not be done with silver, as long as there is silver, even if it is to build a railway to Liaodong, so, as long as His Majesty gives an order, it will only take three days, and in three days, there will be countless trains transporting a large number of food and weapons, as well as tens of thousands of military horses, can reach Liaodong, any foreign race, or there are chaotic people, dare to move, the imperial court can mobilize all forces within ten days, and wipe it out! ”

Originally......

Railways are so useful.

Thinking like this, Emperor Hongji began to be shocked.

In this day and age, transportation is very difficult.

It takes a lot of manpower, and manpower means countless losses, a pound of grain, if it is transported from Beijing to Liaodong, the loss on the road may have gone to more than half, but what if it is railway transportation? With only a few dozen people, the mountains of grain can be directly sent to the army in Liaodong within half a month.

Not only that, but the time for the assembly of the army can be reduced countless times.

There is also the transportation of manpower and goods, isn't this, a more sharp artery than the Grand Canal, just appeared out of thin air.

As for the silver...... This kind of difficult thing in front of the emperor seems to have become a trivial matter in Fang Jifan's mouth.

As he said, the renovation of the old city can make a large amount of silver through the land, and these silver, to a certain extent, are some kind of primitive capital accumulation inside.

For a huge empire like the Ming Dynasty, it is almost impossible to complete the primitive capital accumulation by plundering the outside world, and it is completely a drop in the bucket, after all, a hundred poor eggs looting and squeezing 10,000 people are enough to make one person rich, and the living conditions of the remaining ninety-nine people can be improved. But a million people, to plunder and squeeze 10,000 people...... This...... It's a little embarrassing, the result of the revitalization of the teacher may be to make ends meet.

But this side is the successor......

Emperor Hongzhi got up, couldn't help but walk to the wall, his hand gently rubbed against the wall, and the vibration of the train, through the wall, was transmitted to his palm.

He turned around and said an intriguing sentence: "This car, is it really made by the prince?" ”

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Chapter II.